Abstract:
The invention concerns a pumped fibre laser comprising essentially a doped fibre (1), Said laser is mainly characterised in that the doped fibre is multimode (1) and it also comprises a spatial mode converting device (3) receiving the beam. Said multimode fibre has a core with diameter greater than 30 micrometers, even greater than 50 micrometers.
Abstract:
L'invention porte sur un dispositif optoélectronique de génération d'un peigne de fréquences comportant une source laser (2), un micro-résonateur (3) en anneau comportant un anneau résonant (20) en un matériau optiquement non linéaire d'ordre trois à régime de dispersion anormale. Il comporte en outre un dispositif d'accord spectral comprenant un guide à jonction (30) couplé à l'anneau résonant, des moyens de polarisation électrique (40) adaptés à appliquer une tension électrique à la jonction, et une unité de commande (42) adaptée à modifier la valeur de la tension électrique jusqu'à la formation d'au moins un soliton temporel dissipatif dans l'anneau résonant.
Abstract:
An optical amplifier includes an optical gain fiber into which signal light and pump light are input and at least one relative phase shifter is inserted. Preferably, the relative phase shifter is inserted so that the relative phase in the lengthwise direction of the optical gain fiber falls within a predetermined range containing 0.5 n. Preferably, the optical gain fiber is a highly non-linear optical fiber having a non-linearity constant of at least 10/W/km. Preferably, the dispersion of the optical gain fiber is within the range from -1 ps/nm/km to 1 ps/nm/km in an amplification band. Preferably, the absolute value of the dispersion slope of the optical gain fiber at a zero dispersion wavelength is no greater than 0.05 ps/nm 2 /km.
Abstract:
A fiber laser device capable of restraining variations of the rise time of output laser light while shortening the rise time of the output laser light is provided. A fiber laser device (100) includes a seed laser light source (10), a pumping light source (20), an amplification optical fiber (30), a control unit (60), and an output instructing unit (65). When an output instruction is input to the control unit (60), the control unit (60) controls the seed laser light source (10) and the pumping light source (20) to be either in a pre-pumped state or in an output state. In the pre-pumped state, the pumping light source (20) outputs, for a predetermined period, pumping light with an intensity determined based on the duration of the period of time from when the output state prior to the input of the output instruction to the control unit (60) comes to an end till when the output instruction is input to the control unit (60). In the output state, to cause the output unit (50) to output laser light, the seed laser light source (10) outputs laser light, and the pumping light source (20) outputs pumping light.
Abstract:
The invention concerns a pumped fibre laser comprising essentially a doped fibre (1), Said laser is mainly characterised in that the doped fibre is multimode (1) and it also comprises a spatial mode converting device (3) receiving the beam. Said multimode fibre has a core with diameter greater than 30 micrometers, even greater than 50 micrometers.
Abstract:
A fiber laser device capable of restraining variations of the rise time of output laser light while shortening the rise time of the output laser light is provided. A fiber laser device (100) includes a seed laser light source (10), a pumping light source (20), an amplification optical fiber (30), a control unit (60), and an output instructing unit (65). When an output instruction is input to the control unit (60), the control unit (60) controls the seed laser light source (10) and the pumping light source (20) to be either in a pre-pumped state or in an output state. In the pre-pumped state, the pumping light source (20) outputs, for a predetermined period, pumping light with an intensity determined based on the duration of the period of time from when the output state prior to the input of the output instruction to the control unit (60) comes to an end till when the output instruction is input to the control unit (60). In the output state, to cause the output unit (50) to output laser light, the seed laser light source (10) outputs laser light, and the pumping light source (20) outputs pumping light.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a semiconductor optical waveguide element including a spot size converter.SOLUTION: A semiconductor optical waveguide element 81 includes a third semiconductor mesa 55 in which a 31-st mesa portion 55b has an end face 55d that can be optically coupled, located at an edge of a substrate 11. The end face 55d can be optically coupled to an external optical waveguide. As the width of the 31-st mesa portion 55b and the width of a 32-nd mesa portion 55c of the third semiconductor mesa 55 are larger than the width of a second semiconductor mesa 49 in the semiconductor optical waveguide element 81, a mode field diameter equal to or close to a mode field diameter of the external optical waveguide can be imparted to an optical waveguide relating to the third semiconductor mesa 55. The width of the second semiconductor mesa 49 is smaller than the width of the 31-st mesa portion 55b and the width of the 32-nd mesa portion 55c of the third semiconductor mesa 55; and a first core layer 41 and a second core layer 53 are optically coupled to each other. Thereby, propagation of light proceeds from the first core layer 41 to the second core layer 53 or from the second core layer 53 to the first core layer 41.